David Gelernter Quotes

Design is a vital component to the enrichment of our everyday lives. Japan has a very rich history and culture of design, and I feel it is a very important dialogue to open and keep evolving.

The moment you cheat for the sake of beauty, you know you're an artist.

Software is a great combination between artistry and engineering.

I want to inspire children to be obsessed over jewellery.

I'm always drooling over great design, from fashion to furniture.

Somebody informed me recently that the key to every art, from writing to gardening to sculpture, is creativity. I beg to differ.

Like many people out there, I'm inspired by the level of attention to detail, design and execution of Apple products.

To me, a building - if it's beautiful - is the love of one man, he's made it out of his love for space, materials, things like that.

I lust after iPods or Mini Coopers not because they're unique, but because they've been so artfully made that I couldn't imagine doing it better myself.

I love creating and being able to see an idea come to fruition. I love making beautiful things.

This may sound corny, but I've always liked to make things that were beautiful.

We're losing track of the vastness of the potential for computer science. We really have to revive the beautiful intellectual joy of it, as opposed to the business potential.

I'm not a designer, I'm an inventor.

The computer has played a role in destroying creativity with the Photoshop. Everybody thinks they're a designer.

Everybody is designing magic iPhone apps that do things that are really, really beautiful, but a really important thing about magic is that the gimmick has to be ugly.

Fashion is to please your eye. Shapes and proportions are for your intellect.

Design is not making beauty, beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love.

I spend my money on my props and my creations. I'm an inventor.

If you can't make it good, at least make it look good.

Every decently-made object, from a house to a lamp post to a bridge, spoon or egg cup, is not just a piece of 'stuff' but a physical embodiment of human energy, testimony to the magical ability of our species to take raw materials and turn them into things of use, value and beauty.

I liked to work in a shop down in the basement and invent things and build gadgets.

I love beautiful things. I'm not into art so much, like paintings.

I always knew that I wanted to be creative, that I wanted to create something.

What is fashion? It's discipline. Discipline and a credo to do only the best, down to the smallest detail.

I certainly like it if the work is beautiful, but that's a surplus effect. I can only think about that after I consider how it's made.